To borrow the title of
an old Frank Sinatra song..."It was a Very Good Year"! In
early 1999 the Kentwood Board of Directors determined that,
to paraphrase a line from "Death of a Salesman" , "Attention
must be paid!" to the anniversary year. It was decided that
we would schedule special events to honor the anniversary
and wherever possible enhance regular annual events.

Since Kentwood traces
its start from December of 1949, we started our anniversary
year with an appearance in the Westchester Holiday Parade
on December 12th, 1999. The next 12 months (plus a couple
weeks) included ... The establishment of this website (thanks
to Andy Klute), awards from the city and the county,special
displays in the theater lobby, a special expanded annual dinner-dance,
multiple appearances in the First Annual Westchester 4th of
July parade, special performances in an International Festival,
A Grand Reunion Gala of current and former members, and ending
up with another appearance in the December 2000 Westchester
Holiday Parade.

It would be criminal to
mention some who worked so hard during the 50th Year and forget
others, so I will say it was a work of love from many members!
It is said, "one picture is worth a thousand words".
So for your enjoyment what follows are several thousand photo
words in tribute to all our wonderful members past and present.
There would be no "50" without you!...